idioms

1. IDIOMS

2. IDIOMS OR IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS
Group of words that do
not take the literal
meaning

3. COMMON IDIOMS
• Kick the bucket
• Last straw
• Lion’s share
• Pulling legs
• Doormat
• Red carpet
• Reinvent wheel
• Rule of thumb
• Tit for tat
• Strike a chord
• Steal someone’s thunder
• On cloud nine
• All Greek and Latin
• At the drop of a hat
• Ball is in your court
• Blessing in disguise
• Back to square one
• Beat around the bush
• Cry over spilt milk
• Have a blast
• From scratch
• In split seconds
• In tune with
• On top of the world

4. LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
IDIOMS BASED ON DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES

5. ANIMALS

6. MONKEY
BUSINESS
RAT RACE

7. CAT BURGLAR TOP DOG

8. CASH COW EAGER BEAVER

9. ROAD HOG BLACK SHEEP

10. BODY

11. ALL EARS COLD
SHOULDERS

12. ITCHY FEET LONG ARM OF
LAW

13. OLD HAND SWEET TOOTH

14. ELBOW ROOM EYE-CATCHING

15. EYE

16. EYE
CANDY
RED-EYE SHUT-EYE

17. CORNER
OF ONE’S
EYE
APPLE
OF ONE’S EYE
BLINK OF AN
EYE

18. COLOUR

22. FOOD

26. MONEY

30. MUSIC

31. ELEVATOR
MUSIC
RING A BELL

32. FOR A SONG LIKE A BROKEN
RECORD

33. BLOW OWN
TRUMPET
JAM SESSION

34. CALL THE TUNE BLOW THE
WHISTLE

35. NUMBER

39. PEOPLE

41. •Dare devil
•Cry baby
•Nutty as a fruitcake
•Trouble maker
•Oddball
•Cheapskate
•Barrel of laughs
•Old as the hills
•Black Sheep
RECAP
BASED ON
PEOPLE

42. SCHOOL

43. BOOK WORM BRAINSTORM

44. COPY CAT HIT THE
BOOKS

45. FLYING COLOURS SKIP CLASS

46. DROPOUT TEACHER’S PET

47. TIME

48. BEAT THE CLOCK TURN BACK THE
HANDS OF TIME

49. KILL TIME ONCE IN BLUE
MOON

50. BEHIND THE
TIMES
TIME FLIES

51. WASTING
TIME
BIG TIME

52. TRAVEL

55. WEATHER

56. RAINING
CATS AND DOGS
FACE LIKE
THUNDER

57. STORM IN A
TEA CUP
CHASE
RAINBOWS

58. LIGHTENING
SPEED
HEAD IN THE
CLOUDS

59. SNOWED UNDER UNDER THE
WEATHER

60. JUMP START!

61. GUESS THE MEANING
Jim could be easily arrested because the
police were tipped off in a advance.
A. Toppled over
B. Bribed
C. Given advance information
D. Threatened

62. GUESS THE MEANING
I met him after a long time, but he gave
me the cold shoulder.
A. scolded me
B. insulted me
C. abused me
D. ignored me

63. GUESS THE MEANING
He passed himself off as a noble man.
A. Was regarded as
B. Pretended to be
C. Was thought to be
D. Was looked upon

64. GUESS THE MEANING
This matter has been hanging fire for
the last many months and must
therefore be decided one way or the
other.
A. going on slowly
B. hotly debated
C. stuck up
D. ignored

65. GUESS THE MEANING
In the armed forces, it is considered a
great privilege to die in harness.
A. die on a horse back
B. die in the battlefield
C. die while still working
D. die with honour

66. GUESS THE MEANING
The cricket match proved to be a big
draw.
A. a keen contest
B. a huge attraction
C. a lovely spectacle
D. a game without any result

67. GUESS THE MEANING
He was undecided. He let the grass
grow under his feet.
A. loitered around
B. stayed out
C. sat unmoving
D. moved away

68. GUESS THE MEANING
Although he has failed in the written
examination, he is using backstairs
influence to get the job.
A. Political influence
B. Backing influence
C. Deserving and proper influence
D. Secret and unfair influence

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